WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER (4 OF 7)
Scripture: Nehemiah 3:1-32
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Title: We Are Better Together (4 of 7)
Series: Pulling Together with a Purpose
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Nehemiah 3
I - The Plan's Holy Initiation (1)
II - The People's Honorable Involvement
III - The Privilege's Harmful Insubordination (5)
IV - The Prestigious Helper Identified (20)
V - The Patterns Helpful Importance
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
We Began Rebuilding the Walls (Melanie Rainer)
Summer 2017 was a doozy for hurricanes.
We could hardly flip on the television or open Twitter without seeing brutal images of destruction, people desperate for power and food, and endless press conferences from emergency officials. In Houston and Florida and Puerto Rico, the storms came in vicious waves.
When the storms stopped, aid rushed in from all corners. The money came from donors big and small, celebrities and ordinary people alike. Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt raised millions of dollars for recovery in Houston. Celebrity chef José Andrés and his non-profit cooked more than three million meals for people without power in Puerto Rico. Alongside many of his famous friends, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway musical Hamilton, recorded a song for Puerto Rico and dedicated the profits to relief efforts.
Houston and Puerto Rico are still recovering, and it will take decades to rebuild them both. I don't want to assume the efforts of these varied groups of people allow us to tie these devastating events up with a pretty bow, or draw moralistic and clichéd conclusions about how disasters bring people together. These aren't joyful barn raisings; they are the direct result of tragedy.
We see the same in the book of Nehemiah. Jerusalem was burned and pillaged by the Babylonians. God's people had repeatedly turned away from Him, and they were displaced, their homes destroyed. But when the time came to return and rebuild, a diverse group of people banded togeth ...
Series: Pulling Together with a Purpose
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Nehemiah 3
I - The Plan's Holy Initiation (1)
II - The People's Honorable Involvement
III - The Privilege's Harmful Insubordination (5)
IV - The Prestigious Helper Identified (20)
V - The Patterns Helpful Importance
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
We Began Rebuilding the Walls (Melanie Rainer)
Summer 2017 was a doozy for hurricanes.
We could hardly flip on the television or open Twitter without seeing brutal images of destruction, people desperate for power and food, and endless press conferences from emergency officials. In Houston and Florida and Puerto Rico, the storms came in vicious waves.
When the storms stopped, aid rushed in from all corners. The money came from donors big and small, celebrities and ordinary people alike. Houston Texans defensive end JJ Watt raised millions of dollars for recovery in Houston. Celebrity chef José Andrés and his non-profit cooked more than three million meals for people without power in Puerto Rico. Alongside many of his famous friends, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway musical Hamilton, recorded a song for Puerto Rico and dedicated the profits to relief efforts.
Houston and Puerto Rico are still recovering, and it will take decades to rebuild them both. I don't want to assume the efforts of these varied groups of people allow us to tie these devastating events up with a pretty bow, or draw moralistic and clichéd conclusions about how disasters bring people together. These aren't joyful barn raisings; they are the direct result of tragedy.
We see the same in the book of Nehemiah. Jerusalem was burned and pillaged by the Babylonians. God's people had repeatedly turned away from Him, and they were displaced, their homes destroyed. But when the time came to return and rebuild, a diverse group of people banded togeth ...
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